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Massive Gastric Juvenile Polyposis: A Clinicopathologic Study Using SMAD4 Immunohistochemistry.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Apr 2017
Lawless Margaret E, Toweill Daniel L, Jewell Kim D, Jain Dhanpat, Lamps Laura, Krasinskas Alyssa M, Swanson Paul E, Upton Melissa P, Yeh Matthew M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Juvenile polyps involving the stomach are uncommon. Massive gastric juvenile polyposis is even rarer. METHODS: We describe the clinicopathologic features of nine cases of massive gastric juvenile polyposis. RESULTS: All patients had anemia; four had hypoalbuminemia. The polyps were composed predominantly of dilated crypts lined by columnar epithelium and abundant edematous stroma with mixed...
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